I would like to kindly invite to a presentation given by Asabuwa N. Fahanwi, Ph.D. – „Brief Information on surface modified nanocellulose and its related applications“ which will be held at the Centre of Polymer Systems on 14.11. 2018 from 1:00 p.m. in the conference room (No.137/ U17). More detailed information is in attachement.

The traditional Researchers’ Night was held on the 5th October 2018.Number of experiments, RentroLab, Science café and more. This was the Researcher´s night. Lecture marathon offered for example chemistry in supercomputers, measurements, the century of plastics, and the development of human nutrition. The Exit room has been designed to train the brains. The event was celebrated 100 years since the beginning of the independent Czech scientific environment.

Dr. Urška Vrabič Brodnjak, an assistant professor at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research background is packaging bio based materials, adhesives and graphic finishing (coatings, etc.). Her visit was connected with COST Action project ENBA CA15216 as Short Term Scientific Mission (Early Carrier Investigator), where, she collaborates with Associate Professor. (Dr.) Nabanita Saha, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. The purpose of this short visit was: discussion and planning about future publications and preparation of joint application for a European project, based on packaging materials and bioadhesives. In the future, the collaboration between two institutions will be continued and expanded, regarding research and exchange of PhD students among our universities.

Mr. Smarak Bandyopadhyay, doctoral student (3rd year) of the Group ‘Biocomposites Systems’ of CPS, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic awarded ''Third Prize'' for his POSTER presented in 4th International Conference on Bio-Based Polymers and Composites, Balatonfured, Hungary, September 2-6, 2018. Title of the presented Poster is “Preparation and characterization of bacterial cellulose suspension to fabricate thin film intended for its application in food packaging” which is co-authored by Nabanita Saha, Oyunchimeg Zandraa and Petr Saha. He is working under supervision of Prof. Petr Saha and Assoc. Prof. Nabanita Saha.

Tomas Bata University in Zlín hosted on the 5th of September 2018 Mr. Stephen B. King, the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Accompanied by Prof. Petr Sáha, TBU Rector, he took a tour of the Centre of Polymer Systems research unit.

Stephen King has been in the office of the U.S. Ambassador to the CR since autumn 2017. He used to run business in chemical industry – he built and later sold a chemical manufacturing business; it thus comes as no surprise that he was interested in visiting the Centre of Polymer Systems due to this experience.

Mr. Pavel Hrnčíř M.A., the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Canada visited the Centre of Polymer Systems today. Accompanied by Professor Saha and Pavel Velev of the Baťa Foundation, he observed the environment of the research laboratories, which he was very interested in.